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The winners and (best-dressed) losers of the 2018 Los Angeles Marathon
Los Angeles Marathon Elite runners, from left, Weldon Kirui, Simon Njoroge, Elisha Barno race past the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles Sunday, March 18, 2018. Kirui won the Los Angeles Marathon with an unofficial time of 2 hours 11 minutes and 47 seconds.
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Members of the Venice Koshin Taiko drumming ensemble perform for Los Angeles Marathon runners as they race past the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles Sunday, March 18, 2018.
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A runner dressed as an Aztec Conchero dancer, races at the Los Angeles Marathon in Los Angeles Sunday, March 18, 2018.
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Weldon Kirui of Kenya takes first place in the 2016 Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon on February 14, 2016.
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Los Angeles Marathon participant Angela Shots, dressed as Marylin Monroe impersonator, runs downtown Los Angeles Sunday, March 18, 2018.
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A marathon runner dressed as a T. Rex Dinosaur competes in the Los Angeles Marathon downtown Los Angeles Sunday, March 18, 2018.
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Yet another Los Angeles Marathon is in the books.
Weldon Kirui of Kenya pulled away in the 24th mile to win for the second time in three years. Sule Utura Gedo of Ethiopia won the women's race.
Los Angeles Marathon Elite runners, from left, Weldon Kirui, Simon Njoroge, Elisha Barno race past the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles Sunday, March 18, 2018. Kirui won the Los Angeles Marathon with an unofficial time of 2 hours 11 minutes and 47 seconds.
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Kirui crossed the finish line in Santa Monica in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 48 seconds on Sunday, followed about 10 seconds later by Gebresadik Adihana of Ethiopia. Kirui also won in 2016.
Gedo won in 2:33.49, sprinting to the finish to break out of a pack race with countrywoman Tsehay Desalegn and defending champion Hellen Jepkurgat of Kenya. Desalegn was 8 seconds behind, while Jepkurgat was 13 seconds back in third.
American Christina Vergara-Aleshire finished fourth.
The 26.2-mile course began at Dodger Stadium in downtown Los Angeles and ended near the Santa Monica Pier.
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As impressive as those marathon times are, not everybody ran to win. Most participants who trekked the course across the city just wanted to have fun. Some chose to use the opportunity to express their sense of fashion.
Here are just a few of them:
A marathon runner dressed as a T. Rex Dinosaur competes in the Los Angeles Marathon downtown Los Angeles Sunday, March 18, 2018.
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Los Angeles Marathon participant Angela Shots, dressed as Marylin Monroe impersonator, runs downtown Los Angeles Sunday, March 18, 2018.
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A runner dressed as an Aztec Conchero dancer participates in the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, March 18, 2018.
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And of course, there were the bystanders to offer moral support.
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